@article{Isiogugu_Anosike_Okoye_Mmirikwe_2022, title={Pharmacy students’ perceptions of the impact of mental disorders on pharmacy education in Nigeria}, volume={22}, url={https://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/1527}, DOI={10.46542/pe.2022.221.323330}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background</strong>: In Nigeria, the extent to which pharmacy students perceive that mental illness can impair their academic performance, be a reason for the dismissal or rejection of a pharmacy school applicant is unknown.   </p> <p><strong>Aim</strong>: To examine pharmacy undergraduate students’ perceptions of the impact of mental illnesses on pharmacy education in Nigeria. </p> <p><strong>Methods</strong>: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among pharmacy students from six Nigerian universities. The data were collected using a modified self-administered paper-based Mental Illness Performance Scale. Descriptive statistics, Student t-test, and One-way analysis of variance were used for the data analysis.   </p> <p><strong>Results</strong>: The study received responses from 496 pharmacy students, yielding a 93.2% response rate. A vast majority of the students agreed or strongly agreed that depression (98.7%), anxiety (98.4%), and substance abuse (83.9%) affect pharmacy students’ academic performance. Fewer students agreed or strongly agreed that depression (31.4%) and anxiety disorder (37.9%) would be grounds for expulsion from pharmacy school. Substance abuse (62.5%) and schizophrenia (58.1%) were supported as reasons for rejecting an applicant into the pharmacy programme.   </p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: The findings suggest that pharmacy students perceive that having a mental disorder would negatively affect pharmacy education in Nigeria.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Pharmacy Education}, author={Isiogugu, Ogechukwu Nnanyelugo and Anosike, Chibueze and Okoye, Chibueze Raymond and Mmirikwe, Ijeoma Joy}, year={2022}, month={May}, pages={p. 323–330} }